U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with Saudi leaders to seek answers regarding the disappearance of a Saudi journalist.<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… what was discussed?<br /><br />Well Mark… Pompeo had a short discussion with King Salman before a longer meeting with the King's son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday.<br />U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saudi Arabia has made a “serious commitment” to hold senior leaders and officials accountable in the case of Jamal Khashoggi.<br />Pompeo also said the king "strongly denied knowledge" of what happened.<br />The secretary added that he emphasized the importance of conducting a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation, and the Saudi leadership pledged to deliver precisely on that. <br />Khashoggi went missing earlier this month at the Saudi consulate in Turkey. <br />Istanbul believes he was murdered by Saudi agents as he entered the building, but Riyadh has denied this.<br />Pompeo will fly to Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish officials about the case.<br />Meanwhile Turkish officials are widening their investigation after searching the consulate on Monday. <br />They were to search the Istanbul residence of the Saudi consul Mohammad al-Otaibi, who was reported to have left Turkey hours before the scheduled raid.<br />Pressure is growing on Saudi Arabia to give a full explanation of what happened to the Washington Post columnist.<br />Riyadh was reported to have been planning a statement suggesting Khashoggi was killed in a botched interrogation, but nothing has come out yet. <br />
